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Find a Program to Fit Your Instrument

Not all majors are suitable to fit your instrument. Find a program that works for you!

Are you an instrumentalist trying to choose the perfect major to fit your instrument? See which Shenandoah Conservatory programs will work best for you and your instrument!

Bassoon

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Bassoon Faculty

Ryan D. Romine

Associate Professor, Bassoon and Music Theory

Cello

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Cello Faculty

Julian Schwarz

Assistant Professor, Cello

Clarinet

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Clarinet Faculty

Garrick Zoeter

Anna Lee Van Buren Chair in Clarinet; Coordinator of Winds and Percussion; Professor, Clarinet

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Double Bass

 
Classical Emphasis

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

 
Jazz Emphasis

Jazz Studies

Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Double Bass Faculty

Donovan Stokes

Coordinator of Strings; Professor, Bass

Electric Bass

Jazz Emphasis

Jazz Studies

Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Electric Bass Faculty

Donovan Stokes

Coordinator of Strings; Professor, Bass

Electric Guitar

Jazz Emphasis

Jazz Studies

Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Electric Guitar Faculty

Michael Kramer

Adjunct Instructor, Jazz Guitar

Euphonium/ Baritone

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Euphonium/Tuba Faculty

Andrew Hitz

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music, Tuba and Euphonium

Flute

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Flute Faculty

Jonathan Snowden

Professor, Flute

French Horn

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the French Horn Faculty

Geoffrey Pilkington

Adjunct Associate Professor, Horn

Guitar

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Guitar Faculty

Julian Gray

Director of Guitar Studies; Professor, Guitar

Harp

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Harp Faculty

Bridgett Stuckey

Adjunct Associate Professor, Harp

Oboe

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Oboe Faculty

Stephen Key

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Oboe

Organ

Church Music

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Organ Faculty

J. Thomas Mitts

Director of Organ and Church Music; Associate Professor, Organ and Church Music

Percussion

Classical Emphasis

Composition 

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Jazz Emphasis

Jazz Studies

Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Percussion Faculty

Earl Yowell

Professor, Percussion

Alphonso Young

Adjunct Associate Professor, Jazz Percussion

Piano

Classical Emphasis

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Jazz Emphasis

Jazz Studies

Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Theatre Emphasis

Music Theatre Accompanying

Meet the Piano Faculty

John O’Conor

Distinguished Artist-in-Residence; Chair of Keyboard Division; Professor, Piano

Robert Larson

Harrison Endowed Chair in Piano; Associate Professor, Jazz Piano

Ieva Jokubaviciute

Assistant Professor, Piano

Lee Ann Dransfield

Auxiliary Adjunct Assistant Professor, Piano

Karen Walker

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies; Associate Professor, Piano

Saxophone

Classical Emphasis

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Jazz Emphasis

Jazz Studies

Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

 

Meet the Saxophone Faculty

Timothy Roberts

Professor, Saxophone

Luis Hernandez

Adjunct Lecturer, Jazz Saxophone

 

Trombone

Classical Emphasis

Composition 

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Jazz Emphasis

Jazz Studies

Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Trombone Faculty

Matthew Niess

Adjunct Associate Professor, Classical and Jazz Trombone

Trumpet

Classical Emphasis

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Jazz Emphasis

Jazz Studies

Music Education

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy 

Meet the Trumpet Faculty

Scott Nelson

Professor, Trumpet and Conducting

Chuck Seipp

Adjunct Associate Professor, Trumpet

Craig Fraedrich

Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor, Jazz and Trumpet

 

Tuba

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Tuba Faculty

Andrew Hitz

Adjunct Associate Professor, Music, Tuba and Euphonium

Viola

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Viola Faculty

Doris Lederer

Director of Instrumental Chamber Music; Professor, Viola and Chamber Music

Violin

Composition

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Violin Faculty

Akemi Takayama

Victor Brown Chair in Violin; Associate Professor, Strings

Voice

 

Church Music

Music Education

Music Performance

Music Production & Recording Technology

Music Therapy

Meet the Voice Faculty

Kathleen Bell

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice (Soprano)

Elizabeth Blades

Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice

Margaret Brooks

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice (Soprano)

Natalie Conte

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Voice (Soprano)

Matthew Edwards

Director of Musical Theatre; Associate Professor, Voice; Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice; Artistic Director, CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute

Michael Forest

Associate Professor, Voice (Tenor)

Kathryn Green

Director of Graduate Vocal Pedagogy Programs; Director of CCM Institute; Professor, Voice (Contralto)

Nancy Gustafson

Adjunct Artist-in-Residence, Voice (Soprano)

Stephanie Higgins

Assistant Professor, Voice, Musical Theatre and CCM

Byron Jones

Chair of Voice Division; Associate Professor, Voice (Tenor)

Karen Keating 

Professor, Choral Conducting and Choral Music

Dawn Kotoski-Shicoff

Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice (Soprano)

David Meyer

Director of the Janette Ogg Voice Research Center; Associate Professor, Voice (Baritone)

Fotina Naumenko

Assistant Professor, Voice

Matthew Oltman

Conservatory Choir Director; Choral Artist

Giovanna Reyes-Mir

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Voice

Robert Thieme

Adjunct Professor, Vocal Coaching

Edrie Means Weekly

Auxiliary Adjunct Associate Professor, Voice (Soprano)

Jacqlyn Zito-Edwards

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Voice

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